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Key
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Northwest."
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CABS
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
AUGUST
9,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENT3
OVER
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Momentous
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ttrmined
At
a
Kine
and
Week
K
A
SAFE
BACK
AT
JASPER-
Three
Mountaineers
Return
to
Base
After
Being
Missing
JASPER
a
party
of
three
mountain
climbers,
led
by
JS.
K.
Karcher.
of
Arlington,
Virginia,
and
reported
lost
In
the
Columbia
Icefelds
region
of
Jasper
National
Park,
have
returned
safely
to
their
base
here.
-
A
rescue
party
of
Swiss
guide3,
If
3en
the
newly-,
the
Liberal
P
S.
St.
Laurent,
...
T
K'n.
ar
ey
ai
uvuoscow
prime
:
I
a
meeting
be-to
be
held
It
is
expected
,aer
his
resig-fernor-Genera1
the
year,
rer-
Divergence
From
Gov't
Western
Envoys
Meet
Again
With
Molotov
;ir.
St.
Laurent
under
Ernie
Neiderer,
was
scheduled
to
start
out
at
dawn
yesterday
but
the
climbers
reported
safely
before
then.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Karcher,
and
an
unidentified
woman
friend,
.all
experienced
mountaineers,
started
their
climb
over
the
Columbia
Icelields
on
July
26.
They
had
refused
the
services
of
t
guide
and
Park
officials
became
anxious
for
their
safety
when
no
-rV-
tiT.
Berlin
Reports
Feverish
Activity
of
Russians
In
Arming
Borders
MOSCOW
(CP)
Envoys
of
the
three
western
powers
went
again
today
to
see
V,
M.
Molotov,
Russian
foreign
minister,
and
they
conferred
for
three
hours.
Immediately
after
the
conference,
they
went
from
the
Kremlin
to
their
respective
embassies.
Again
there
was
no
announcement
of
what
occurred
but
it
word
had
been
received
from
Liberal
Conventon
Has
Ideas
Differing
With
Government
OTTAWA
Diverging
definitely
from
declared
administration
policy,
the
national
Liberal
convention
passed
a
resolution
before
it
closed
on
Saturday
calling
for
a
royal
commission
on
the
freight
rates
Issue.
The
resolution
was
In
line
with
demands
of
seven
provinces
western
and
maritime.
The
government
had
since
last
April
been
denying
the
royal
commission
idea
In
favor
of
having
a
parliamentary
committee
carry
on
the
investigation.
The
freight
rates
resoluton
was
the
foremost
in
a
21-point
all-inclusive
platform
to
which
the
party
put
finishing
touches.
The
platform
was
designed
to
guide
government
policy
and
win
,
form
a
new
jme
in
a
geti-speaking
Caii-leader.ship
f
and
will
soon
mister
in
tin'
Stephen
fet.
r.
unparalleled
of
the
party
o!d
minister
captured
the
aith
a
major-
the
final
day
.ami
conven-,
defeated
tw
jitural
Minis-
64,
and
Hon.
and
sewn
won
six
thousand
rty
supporters
(invention
ha':
of
applause.
PREPARE
FOR
THIRD
PARTY
CONVENTION-Convenuon
m.magei
for
the
Third
Party,
Ed.
Mayer
of
New
York
City
was
aided
by
Ooldle
Kleincy
(left)
and
Murial
Scott
as
they
opened
headquarters
for
the
Third
Party's
national
convention
In
Phila
uYiphla.
Twenty-five
hundred
delegates
attended
the
convention
at
which
Henry
Wallace
got
the
nomination
for
U
S
president
and
Sen.
Olen
H.
Taylor
for
vice-president.
them
over
a
period
of
twelve
days.
E.
B.
HARKNESS,
who
has
been
appointed
Industrial
?
Agent,
B.C.
district,
Canadian
National
Railways,
Vancouver,
in
succession
to
R.
A.
Wyman,
recently
transferred
to
Kelowna
as
assistant
superintendent.
Mr.
Harkness
conies
west
after
having
been
with
the
Industrial
department
in
Montreal
since
1927.
Heis
a
native
son
of
this
province,
having
been
born
at
Trail,
and
served
In
both
world
wars.
was
said
unofficially
that
there
had
been
"hard
bargaining"
on
the
Berlin
blockade
and
the
question
of
currency.
It
had
been
authoritatively
learned
that
the
embasies
had
received
during
the
weekend
expected
instructions
from
their
governments
following
their
report
on
last
Friday's
meeting
with
Molotov.
It
is
now
a
week
since
the
envoys
had
had
their
Mr.
Karcher
said
that
they
had
intended
to
be
away
for
about
ten
days
and
had
sufficient
food
for
a
fifteen-day
trip.
They
were
warmly
clad
and
had
every
kind
of
mountain
equipment
necessary.
On
their
arrival
in
Jasper
village
this
morning,
all
in
good
BRITAIN
AND
FRANCE
ARE
HARD
HIT
BY
STORMS
OVER
WEEK-END
MAN
INJURED
IN
BOAT
BLAST
A
gillnbt
fisherman
is
in
hospital
here
today
recovering
from
burns
received
when
his
boai
exploded
at
7:30
Sunday
morning
at
Nelson
Bros,
cannery,
Port
Edward.
The
blast
destroyed
one
32-foot
boat
and
dam
LONDON
(CP)
At
least
twenty-two
persons
are
dead,
crops
have
Ix-en
flattened
and
wide
areas
,health-
nal1
and
hearty
after
VOTE
DOWN
most
enjoyable
experience
me
vicwr
flooded
following
week-end
storms
in
Great
Britain
the
next
election.
The
platform
was
laregly
i:i
line
with
the
present
trend
of
ot
was
needed
COALITION
.
Laurent.
84o
through
the
Icefields
region"
they
immediately
reported
to
Major
James
Wood,
superintendent
of
Jasper
National
Park.
aged
another
when
fire
followed.
and
r
ranee.
Damage
at
the
French
port
of
Brest
alone
is
estimated
at
more
than
one
hundred
million
francs
government
thinking
but
of
ten
resolutions
adopted
at
the
final
session
of
the
convention
on
Sat
previous
talk
with
Marshal
Stalin.
The
western
power
envoys,
seeking
basis
for
talks
with
Russia
on
the
German
crisis,
have
now
had
five
meetings
here,
one
with
Stalin,
three
with
Molotov
and
one
with
V.
Zorln,
Natonal
Liberal
Convention
Ls
Unalterably
Opposed
w.
56
The:e
;cs
empowered
indicated
thai
cir
ballots,
n
were
nomir.-
Injured
was
Bert
Jorgenson,
52-year-old
New
Westminster
fisherman.
He
will
be
In
hospital
for
some
time
recovering
I
from
burns
on
his
face
and
urday
three
definitely
strayed
from
administration
policy.
Another
resolution
contrary
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:
:
TOD
A
TS
STOCKS
:
:
Courtesy
8.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
OTTAWA
Unalterable
opposition
to
coalition
with
any
other
party
was
one
of
the
important
deputy
foreign
minister
for
to
present
government
inten-
hands.
n
c
main
ran-:
'
w
before
the
They
were
the
adminis-
resolutions
which
was
passed
by
j
Uons
would
have
Jorgenson
apparently
went
to
VtaslistobotV
the
national
Liberal
convention
1
tration
subsidize
low-cost
hous-
before
H
closed
late
Saturday,
j
ing.
If
necessary!
:
The
resolution
was
merely
read
The
government
strayed
from
his
boat
Sunday
morning,
opening
the
cabin
door.
A
short
time
pt
marun.
j
r
Chevrier.
45.
Claxton,
4S
Donalda"
T.r.'..""...
.65
Eldona
1,25
East
Sullivan
2.63
Giant
Yellowknife
4.30
God's
Lake
53
Hardrock
.23
by
the
chairman
and
adopted
without
recorded
vote
or
the
government
line
too
In
the
labor
field.
Into
a
plank
on
labor,
later
there
was
an
explosion
wheh
blew
open
the
pilot
house
Meanwhile
there
was
a
disquieting
note
in
a
dispatch
from
Berlin
saying
that
the
British
-
licensed
newspaper
Telegraf
had
said
today
that
the
Russians
were
digging
trenches
and
mounting
weapons,
including
rocket
guns,
on
the
border
between
the
Soviet-occupied
zone
and
western
Howe.
62.
and
r
Garson.
45
triumph
end-,
it
wrote
a
demand
for
govern-
and
started
a
fire.
A
boat
which
ment
aid
in
obtaining
"union
j
was
moored
alongside
also
security"
and
for
government
j
caught
fire,
but
was
moved
be-enforcement
of
the
labor
laws.
fore
it
was
completely
destroyed.
Harricana
06'i
Heva
.lOfc
rule
of
Print"
ROMANIA
TO
I
$300.000
1.
Severe
storms
struck
Kent
and"
Sussex
and
waters
battered
tli'-southeast
and
east
coasts
of
England,
British
farmers
surveyed
their
storm-swept
crops
and
faced
baek-breaklng
work
with
old-fashioned
scythes
and
sickles
although
they
are
the
most
highly
mechanized
in
the
world.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Skies
are
clear
in.
most
re-Hions
of
British
Columbia
and
temperatures
art
n
ear
normal
tor
this
time
of
year.
There
arc
extensive
fog
banks
over
exposed
sections
of
the
coast.
Llttlr
change
is
In
prospect
lor
the
interior
of
the
province
on
Tuesday
but
It
will
be
dull
over
the
north
coast
throughout
tlie
day
and
cloudy
on
the
south
coast
during
the
morning.
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
-
Overcast
litis
morning
King,
the
73-,
party
leader,
adership
the
mast
at
tlie
the
day
three
is!
7,
1919.
1
x
SuietiHJ
I
.
Germany.
The
newspaper
reported
feverish
activity
in
the
woods
along
tonal
frontiers
where,
it
said,
Russian
engineers
and
construction
troops
are
"building
a
security
border."
American
military
officials
in
Berlin
said
that
frequent
reports
have
been
received
of
the
Russians
strengthening
their
border
installations.
6
iiosco
38
Jacknife
04
Jollet
Quebec
35
Lake
Rowan
062
Little
Long
Lac
75
Lynx
06
Vi
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.30
McKenzie
Red
Lake
36
McLeod
Cockshutt
94
Moneta
36
Negus
2.02
Noranda
49.50
Louvicourt
55
Pickl
Cerow
1,87
Regcourt
t
04,2
San
Antonio
3.30
Senator
Rouyn
46
Sherrlt
Gordon
2.41
Steep
Rock
1.92
Sturgeon
River
15
Silver
Miller
35
JOIN
SOVIET?
ISTANBUL,
Turkey
Romanian
refugee
sources
say
that
Romania
will
decide
in
a
plebiscite
Augusi
23
as
to
whether
she
will
become
a
member
of
the
Soviet
Union.
There
is
no
means
of
confirming
the
story
here
but
there
have
been
persistent
reports
that
such
a
vote
is
contemplated.
KILLEDAT
NEW
MOON
Vancouver
Bralorne
7.00
B.
R.
Con
03
B.
R.
X
,09V2
Cariboo
Quartz
1.00
Dentonia
01
Vi
Grull
Wlhksne
04
'
Hedley
Mascot
36
Minto
01'
2
Pcnd
Oreille
4.15
Pioneer
2.40
Premier
Border
02
'i
Privateer
17
Reeves
McDonald
1,75
Reno
08
"2
Salmon
Gold
13
Sheep
Creek
1.18
Taylor
Bridge
30
Taku
River
32
Vananda
32
Congress
03-'l4
Pacific
Eastern
05(i
Hedley
Amalg
02
Spud
Valley
09
Central
Zeballos
01
Silbak
Premier
27
Oils
A.
P.
Con
15
Calmont
40
C.
&
E
5.65
Foothills
280
Home
8
30
Toronto
Athona
06
Aumaque
'
-16
Beattie
58
Beveourt
3Vi
Bobjo
10
Buffalo
Canadian
08'2
Consul.
Smelters
114.00
Conwest
4
1.21
'
in
Training
nadian
and
tnniKht
bu
clear
in
most
sections
this
afternoon.
Tues-o'.iy
overcast.
Fog
banks
over
MORE
THAN
"COURTESY"
WASHINGTON,
D.C.-Some
observers
here
see
a
great
deal
more
than
a
"courtesy
visit"
in
the
forthcoming
trip
of
Defence
Secretary
Forresr
tal
to
Ottawa.
"Start
of
a
reai
effort
toward
joint
United
States
-
Canadian
defence
against
attacks
from
the
Arctic
will
be
made
August
15,''
said
the
Washington
Daily
News
today.
STRIKES
IN
JAPAN
TOKYO
Unauthorized
work
stoppages
in
defiance
of
the
cabinet's
ban
on
strik'es
by
government
workers
broke
out
all
over
Japan
today
but
the
net
effect
was
said
to
be
not
great.
LI
V
ING
COST
COUNTS
OTTAWA
The
cost
of
living
index
mounted
to
an
historic
peak
for
Canada
in
June,
advancing
2-6
points
to
15G.9.
CENTENARIAN
DIES
KAMLOOPS
Mrs.
Margaret
McLean
of
North
Kamloops
is
dead
here
at
the
age
of
101
years.
Four
of
her
11
children
are
slill
living.
-
A
youthful
old
the
w,-ir-'tricia's
Cari-regiment
here
today
chosen
to
be
s
first
air-"
war.
C.
Mann,
;
of
Rncra!
here
that
tn
October
11
distinctive
,le
and
air
ONTARIO
MAN
LOSES
LIFE
IN
"
LAKELSE
LAKE
A
drowning
mishap
at
Terrace
Saturday
evening
claimed
the
life
of
an
Ontario
man,
bringing
to
two
the
number
of
water
fatalities
near
the
interior
town
this
summer.
Murray
Stewart,
34
-year
-old
logger,
lost
his
life
while
swimming
at
Lakelse
Lake,
'despite
LOCAL
TIDES
(Standard
Time)
MANCHESTER,
Eng.
O
Four-year-old
Joe
Creamer
was
found
hanging
from
an
electric
wire
in
the
blitzed
ruins
of
a
factory
here
last
night.
He
was
the
third
Lancashire
child
to
be
murdered
at
the
time
of
the
new
moon
in
the
last
six
months.
None
of
sheltered
waters
today.
Winds
northwesterly
(15
m.p.h.i
exposed
places,
elsewhere
light.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Tuesday:
Port
Hardy
52
and
64,
Mas-sett
55
and
65,
Prince
Rupert
53
and
60.
Mrs.
Eli
Brldden
arrived
in
the
city
this
afternoon
on
the
Co-quitlam
from
Massett.
10,
1948
18.8
feet
19.9
feet
5.1
feet
Tuesday,
August
High
5:04
17:30
Low
11:10
23:56
the
three
cases
have
yet
been
o.o
ieei
solved.
immediate
rescue
efforts
ny
other
swimmers
to
revive
him
by
mite
Moves
to
Check
High
Living
6ost
artiflcal
respiration.
Stewart
was
swimming
a
short
distance
offshore
when
he
sud
is
TRAIL
M.L.A.
PASSES
AWAY
Passing
of
James
Webster
Makes
Second
Vacancy
B.C.
House
"1
Italy
A
Jl-f
fey
I
Oivn.:..
Skeena
Delegate
Would
Resume
Some
Controls
Seconder
of
Amendment
at
Liberal
National
Convention
In
Ottawa
OTTAWA
(Special
to
Daily
News)
Where
price
increases
in
any
field
have
been
proven
to
be
unreasonable,
selective
price
controls
should
be
re-imposed
for
the
protection
of
consumers.
Such
was
the
effect
of
an
amendment
to
a
long
resolution
on
fh.
nnat
nf
livintr
that
was
submitted
to
the
national
J,"I"1S
WES,
KllR.,
01
Australia
tflPiCS
Sill,,
In
CANADA
WINS
IN
OLYMPICS
Girls'
Relay
Team
Picks
UP
Nine
Points
to
Make
Total
Nineteen
LONDON,
01
Canada
on
Saturday
won
Its
first
Olympic
event
In
eight
days
of
competition
when
the
girls'
400-metre
relay
team
ran
third
to
make
nine
points
for
the
Canadian
score
sheet.
Canada
had
collected
six
points
In
seven
days'
competition.
With
the
relay
win,
Canada
ranked
nineteenth.
denly
disappeared.
Other
swimmers
nearby
saw
him
go
down
and
immediately
went
to
his
aid.
His
body
was
recovered
five
minutes
later.
Artificial
respiration
was
applied
for
40
minutes
but
he
failed
to
rally.
Coroner
Will
Robinson
conducted
an
inquiry
which
determined
accidental
drowning.
Deceased
came
west
from
Guelph,
Ontario,
where
his
parents
live.
He
had
been
at
Terrace
only
a
week,
arriving
from'
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
Hn
was
employed
In
the
Little,
Haugland
&
Kerr
camp
at
17-Mile,
Kitsumkalum.
The
body
Is
being
sent
to
Guelph
on
tonight's
train.
Last
month
a
10-year-old
boy
lost
his
life
in
the
Skeena
River
not
far
from
Terrace
when
he
accidentally
fell
Into
its
swift
current.
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,
S(,ven
min-?'!s'
UurupsUiiv
'I
Italv
thi.j
TRAIL
tt-James
Lockhart
Webster,
aged
61,
chief
accountant
for
the
Consolidated
Mining
&
Smelting
Co.
and
member
of
the
British
Columbia
Legislature
for
Rossland-Tr.11
'fornia
won
thampion-
es
a1fl
Ita
v.durlnir
fho
.
.
Liberal
convention
here
on
Sat.
.
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o
v...
ceK-ena.
npion-
m
-
"
lies
J;,blfk
coo,
for
Skeena
in
the
next
federal
election.
Applewhalte
told
the
convention
that
he
believed
the
people
of
Skeena
were
almost
unanimously
in
accord
with
the
spirit
of
the
amendment.
urday.
The
amendment
was
adopted.
Moving
'
the
amendment
was
President
Macdonald
of
the
Eastern
Ontario
Liberal
Federation.
It
was
seconded
by
E.
T.
Applewhalte,
Liberal
canddate
Iath
of
Mr.
Webster
makes
tlie
second
vacant
seat
in
the
Legislature,
the
other
being
South
Okanagan
from
which
W.
A-
C.
Bennett
resigned
to
unsuccessfully
contest
the
federal
by-election
in
Yale.
TWO
GREAT
CHIEFS
Dominating
the
National
Liberal
convention
at
Ottawa
last
week
were
two
huge
photos
of
the
late
Sir
Wilfrid
Laurier
and
Righ
Hon.
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King,
the
two
great
Liberal
leaders.
This
display,
shown
above,
was
staged
behind
the
speakers'
platform
in
the
Coliseum
in
which
sessions
took
place.
C.P.R.
steamer
Princess
Adelaide,
'
Capt.
Fred
McGraw,
from
Vancouver
and
waypolnts,
is
due
In
port
at
9
o'clock
tonight
from
the
south.
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IV.